Wednesday Jun 03, 2026

81 - SHE SAVED 2,500 KIDS FROM THE GAS CHAMBER | Irena Sendler (Polish Undergound) | WWII

Before dawn the sound of jackboots thudded on the outside steps, then a fist pounded her door.

“Gestapo! Open up!”

Inside the humble Warsaw apartment, a young Polish woman stood very still.

Beneath her floorboards were forged documents. In a jar were hundreds of names of Jewish children smuggled out into different Christian homes under false identities.

If the Germans found that list, those children and the families protecting them, would die.

Irena Sendler straightened her shoulders and smoothed her dress. She opened the door.

“I am Irena Sendler. What can I do for you…?”

Irena’s mission seemed impossible: To smuggle Jewish children out of the ghetto past German checkpoints and then place them with Christian families beyond the reach of the death camps.

But convincing parents to let her take their children was often the hardest part.

As expected, many parents refused.

But a few, with trembling hands and unimaginable courage would kiss their children goodbye and then place them in Irena’s loving, capable arms…

I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.

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